ALEMANNIA(Region)Ancient RomanLatin name for the lands where the Alemanni lived. The Alemanni were a confederation of Germanic tribes who lived around the upper Rhine river in the time of the Roman Empire.

BETHLEHEM(Settlement)English, BiblicalMeans "house of bread" in Hebrew, from the roots בַּיִת (bayit) meaning "house" and לֶחֶם (lechem) meaning "bread". This is the name of a city in Palestine. It appears in the both the Old Testament and the New Testament, notably as the town where Jesus is born.

BLACKBURN(Settlement)EnglishFrom Old English blæc "black" and burna "stream". This is the name of a city in Lancashire, England.

BLAKESLEY(Settlement)EnglishFrom the Old English byname Blæcwulf "black wolf" combined with leah "woodland, clearing". This is the name of a city in Northamptonshire.

BLIDWORTH(Settlement)EnglishFrom the Old English byname Blīþa "happy, blithe" and worþ "enclosure". This is the name of a town in Nottinghamshire, England.

JERUSALEM(Settlement)English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, BiblicalFrom Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (Yerushalayim), from an earlier Canaanite form like Urushalim, probably meaning "established by (the god) SHALIM". This is the name of a city in Israel and Palestine. Originally a Canaanite city, it was conquered by the Israelites under King David at the beginning of the 10th century BC. It is now regarded as a holy city by Jews, Christians and Muslims.

STOCKHOLM(Settlement)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English, German, Dutch, FrenchFrom Swedish stock "log" and holme "islet". The islet probably referred to Helgeandsholmen in central Stockholm. This is the name of the capital city of Sweden. The first written mention of the name occurs in 1252.